Cheyenne Dictionary

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house

-a'e'šene'ho'tá   vii. separate room - be a. tsé-a'e'šene'hō'ta room. tsé'-a'e'šene'hō'ta room. Lit: that.which.is-separate-room.be Ques: which recording is a better pronunciation?? See: -ene'ho'tá. Category: house, check.

amȧho'hémȧhéó'o   ni. garage. Lit: car-house Category: house.

amȯhóomȧhtsestȯtse   ni. mirror. A mirror is inanimate while the same pronunciation for 'reflection' is animate. (younger speaker pronunciation) Plural amȯhóomȧhtséstotȯtse. Category: house, sight, furniture.

amȯhóomȧhtsé-ve'ho'seo'o   ni. dresser, chest of drawers. Lit: (with) mirror-container Category: house, furniture.

e'evonȯhó'o   ni. ladder, stepladder, steps, stairway. Lit: crawl.up.thing (another recording) Plural é'evonȯhó'onȯtse; Oblique e'evonȯhó'éva; vai: -e'evonehné. See: hóxovȯhó'enestȯtse. Category: tools, house.

é'kovo'ȧsénȧhnestȯtse   ni. stovepipe, chimney. Lit: stick.out-fire-thing Variant: é'kovo'ȧsénéó'o. See: hóetovánȧhnestȯtse. Category: fire, house.

énóve   ni. Gram: poss your.home, your home. Usage: obsolescing; this is the traditional pronunciation. Variant: énóvo. Category: house.

heāma tséne'hō'ta   vii. wall. Lit: on the side in the room See: he'āma tséne'hō'ta ceiling; -ne'ho'tá room. Category: house.

he'āma tséne'hō'ta   vii. ceiling. Lit: above in the room See: heāma tséne'hō'ta wall; -ene'ho'tá     room. Category: house.

-he'amemȧheóneve   vii. (of a house) have an upstairs. É-he'amemȧheóneve. It (house) has an upstairs (second floor). Category: house.

he'nétoo'o   ni. 1 • door, gate. Plural he'nétoonȯtse; Oblique he'nétóóne at the door. Etym: *eškwa·nte·m- (He); -me'ta'omané; nehp-; -ésto'eohtsé; heséóxe. See: tepee. Category: house.

Door • said to be origin of family name Dahle by mispronunciation of the English. Usage: names

-he-mȧheónaov   vta. make a house for s.o. Ná-he-mȧheónáóvo. I made a house for him. É-he-mȧheónaóó'e. They (obv) made a house for him. IndepNoun mȧhēō'o. Category: house.

-he-mȧheóne   inc.n. have a house. Ná-hemȧheone. I have a house. Násáa-hemȧheónéhe. I do not have a house. (another recording) É-hemȧheónehe? Does he have a house? É-hemȧheone. He has a house. Né-hemȧheonehe? Do you have a house? Né-hemȧheone. You have a house. Ná-hemȧheónéme. We (not including you) have a house(s). Né-hemȧheónemehe? Do you guys have a house(s)? Né-hemȧheónéme. You guys have a house(s). Né-hemȧheónemanehe? Do we (including you) have a house(s)? Né-hemȧheónema. We (including you) have a house(s). É-hemȧheónevohe? Do they have a house(s)? É-hemȧheóneo'o. They have a house(s). Énonó'kė-hemȧheónevohe? Do they each have a house? Móx-hemȧheónėhevóhe. They had a house. [My Grandmother Mene'a'e.128] IndepNoun mȧhēō'o; vta: -he-mȧheónaov. See: he-6 have; -he-vénove have a home. Category: house.

-héstanovóósané   vai. house sit. É-héstanovóósáne. He stayed there and watched the place. Ques: recheck gloss for that abbreviated ex.?? Ééšė-héstanovóósáne. He stayed there and watched the place. See: -vóosané. Category: house, check.

héstoomaestȯtse   ni. bedding. Variant: héstoomȯtse. See: šéešestȯtse. Category: house.

heše'émȧhéó'o   ni. sod house. Category: house.

hetóhkonéve'ho'sēō'o   ni. cupboard. Lit: utensil-container Plural hetóhkonéve'ho'seonȯtse. See: vé'ho'sēō'o. Category: house.

hevenȯtse   ni. Gram: poss his home. Oblique hévénótse. See: hévénóve his home. Category: house, camp.

-he-vénove   inc.n. have a dwelling, have a home. Éhe-vénove. He has a tent/dwelling/home. Ésáa-he-vénóvéhe. He doesn't have a home. Tsé'ameehénove tósa'etsésáa-hešėtao'o=tā'se=tae-hevénovėstovėhane When they were moving about (nomadic), when there was no permanent home. [1987:96] See: -he-stóo'ȯhtséstove; -he-mȧheóné. Category: camp, house.

hóetovánȧhnestȯtse   ni. stovepipe, chimney. This is the most commonly known word. Synonym é'kovo'ȧsénȧhnestȯtse, é'kovo'ȧsénéó'o. Category: house.

ho'émȧhéó'o   ni. cellar. Lit: earth-house Category: house.

ho'sené-mȧhéó'o   ni. storage shed. Category: house. Lit: storage-house Variant: ho'sané-mȧhéó'o.

hone'óonȯtse tsé'ȯhkėhoésene   vii. clothes closet. Lit: clothes where.hang Category: house.

honóhkone   na. quilt, boards for flooring. Usage: archaic Plural honóhkoneo'o. See: hono'ko. Category: house.

-honó'oneve   vii. be a floor. É-honó'oneve. It is a floor. Category: house.

hóo'ȯhtsestȯtse   ni. home. Plural hóo'ȯhtséstotȯtse; Possessive -htóo'ȯhtsestȯtse. Category: house.

-hoóná   vti. close s.t.shut s.t. especially when someone physically shuts a door or gate. Hoónȯhtse he'nétoo'o! Close the door! Hoónȯhtse! Close it! É-hoóna. He closed it. See: -hoó'o'tsé; -hoó'tá; -hoonet. Category: house, move.

kȧhkóaxemȧhēō'o   ni. frame house. Lit: cut thin (boards) house See: oomȧhóonémȧhéó'o. Category: house.

mȧhēō'o   ni. 1 • house. (another recording) Do not confuse this word with ma'hēō'o 'god' which is similar in spelling but different in pronunciation. Simplified Spelling mhayo'o. homȯsémȧhéó'o kitchen; restaurant (lit. cook-house). mȯxe'ėstónemȧhēō'o school (lit. write-house). ma'kaataémȧhéó'o bank (lit. money-house). Plural mȧheonȯtse; Locative mȧheónéva; Oblique mȧheóne; Diminutive mȧhēško. namȧhēō'o my house. (another recording) na-mȧheóne at my house. nemȧhēō'o your house. hemȧhēō'o his house. namȧheónáne our (excl.) house. nemȧheónane our (incl.) house. nemȧheónévo your (plural) house. hemȧheónévo their house. hemȧheonȯtse his houses. na-mȧheónanōtse our (excl) houses. Diminutive mȧhēško. See: -he-mȧheóne have a house; -he-vénove have a home. Etym: PA **mehθwika:ni (Go2000:90) wooden dwelling; cf. *miikiwa:'mi (Pe79). Category: house.

2 • part of the Big Dipper. Phon: vs Category: celestial.

-mȧheónáne   vai. build house(s), make house(s). É-mȧheónáne. He made houses. fai: -ané3. See: -he-mȧheónaov. Category: house.

mȧheóne   ni. Gram: loc at the house. na-mȧheóne at my house. he-mȧheóne at his house. IndepNoun mȧhēō'o. See: mȧheónéva. Category: house.

mȧheónėhono'ko   ni. floor. See: hono'ko; honóhkone. Category: house.

mȧheónehotonovahtȯtse   ni. house alarm. Category: new. Ques: Should it be mȧheónėhotonovahtȯtse?? Category: check, house.

mȧhēško   ni. Gram: dim shed. (another recording) Plural mȧheškonȯtse; Non-diminutive mȧhēō'o. Category: house.

ma'xetáxe'ėséestȯtse   ni. couch, sofa, divan. Plural ma'xetáxe'ėséestotȯtse. See: taxe'ėséestȯtse chair. Category: house, furniture.

mhayo'o   ni. house. Usage: This is a simplified spelling for mȧheo'o which is more difficult to read. Precise Spelling mȧhēō'o. Category: house.

momóhtȯxe'a'xestȯtse   ni. television, T.V., movie. Synonym tsé-momóhtȯxe'ā'ha, tséohke-momóhtȯxe'ā'ha. See: nėxoóhtȯxe'a'xéheo'o cartoon. Category: house.

navenȯtse   ni. Gram: poss my camp, my home. See: nénóve; énóváne; -venȯtse. Category: house.

nėhpoéséó'o   na. curtain. Lit: obstruct-hang(.thing) Plural nėhpoéseono; Obviative nėhpoéseono. See: tsé-ta'omanestsėstse; tséohke-ta'omoésėstse vo'nȧhanéstóva. Etym: O gibagoojigan (N). See: nėhpóenēō'o dam. Category: house.

nėhpo'aneo'o   ni. lock. Phon: vs Plural nėhpo'aneonȯtse. Category: house.

-ne'ho'tá   fii. room. Éháestȯhe-ne'hō'ta. There are many rooms. Ésó'nėheše-ne'hō'ta. It is still the same. É'éetsėhetónoehoo'o kȧsovááhe tséheše-ne'ho'tatse héne vee'e. The young man looked around (to see) how that tepee was sized up. [1980:65:40] he'ama tsé-ne'hō'ta ceiling. Lit: above in the room Variant: -ene'ho'tá. See: -séesó; -ne'ha'e; -po'o'tá. Category: room, space, house.

-neó'kene'ho'tá   vai. small room - be a, tight room - be a. É-neó'kene'hō'ta. It is a small/tight space/room. Final -ene'ho'tá. See: -mȧsého'kó. Category: space, house.

-néšene'ho'tá   vii. two roomed; be two rooms. É-néšene'hō'ta. There are two rooms. Category: house.

nonoma'ého'ēsta   ni. electric stove. Category: house.

o'ėhnémȧhéó'o   ni. bathroom, restroom, outhouse, toilet. can be for an indoor or outdoor toilet. Usage: This is a polite word. Some other words referring to excretion are not polite, such as -mése'kahe, -mée'kahe, and -xaa'e. See: too'hamémȧhéó'o bath house; -mése'kahe defecate, poop; -mée'kahe defecate, poop; -xaa'e urinate. Category: house.

ónėstánéó'o   ni. doorknob. Lit: opener Phon: vs Plural ónėstaneonȯtse. Category: house.

séohasēō'o   na. carpet, rug, linoleum. Plural séohaseono; Obviative séohaseono. See: tsé-séoxėstse carpet; tséohke-táxėséonėstse bedspread. Category: house.

šéešestȯtse   ni. bed. Lit: lying.down-thing Plural šéešéstotȯtse. See: héstoomȯtse; hóvo'ėšestȯtse; hooma; tsé'ȯhkė-šéešenáhtove. Category: house, bed, furniture.

šéešestȯtse tsé'ȯhkėséhpa'o'xe   vii. hide-a-bed. Lit: bed where it is stretched out Category: bed, house, new.

táho'seo'o   ni. dresser. Plural táho'seonȯtse. Usage: od See: ho'sēō'o. Category: house, furniture, Oklahoma.

-tȧhpe'e-mȧheóná   vai. have a big house. É-tȧhpe'emȧheóna. He has a big house. Category: house.

-ta'ta'ohá   vti. unlock s.t. by tool, open s.t. by tool. É-ta'ta'ōha. He unlocked it. (for example, unlocked door with a key). Category: house. Ta'ta'óóhtse! Unlock it! See: -ta'ta'en.

táxe'ėséestȯtse   ni. chair, seat. Lit: upon-buttocks-sit-thing Plural táxe'ėséestotȯtse; vai: -táxe'ėsee'e; BodyPartMedial -'esé. See: ma'xetáxe'ėséestȯtse couch. Category: car, house, furniture.

táxemésėhestȯtse   ni. table. Lit: upon-eat-thing (another recording) (another recording) Plural táxemésėhéstotȯtse; Oblique táxemésėhéstóva. Táxemésėhéstóva náamónoo'e. I'm sitting at the table. See: táhoxe'ėstónestȯtse desk. Category: house, eat, furniture.

too'hamémȧhéó'o   ni. bathhouse, bath room, shower room. Usage: loan translation from English, not commonly said The commonly used term for 'toilet' (or 'bathroom') is o'ėhnémȧhéó'o. See: o'ėhnémȧhéó'o. Category: house.

tséá'ko   Gram: ppl vii. round thing, padlock. Lit: that which is round Tséá'ko é-pȧhonoō'ta. The door is padlocked. Lit: round thing is stuck on (the door) See: -pȧhonoo'tá. Category: house.

tsé'a'é'šene'hō'ta   vii. room. Lit: where there is a separate room vii: a'e'šene'ho'tá. Category: house.

tsé'ȯhkė-ho'sanéstove   vii. storeroom, trunk. See: -ho'sané. Category: house.

tsé'ȯhkė-homȯséstove   vii. kitchen. See: homȯsémȧhéó'o. Variant: tsé'ȯhkė-homȯsénove. See: homȯsémȧhéó'o. Category: house. Lit: where-HABIT-cook-IMPERS

tsé'ȯhkė-šéešenáhtove   vii. bedroom. Lit: where there is lying down Category: house.

tsé'-ova'é'šené'hó'ta   vii. schoolroom, room. Category: school, house.

tséohke-ta'omoésėstse vo'nȧhanéstóva   cj-vai. curtain. Lit: that which hangs covering a window tséohke-ta'omoesenase vo'nȧhanéstóva curtains (lit. that which covers a window). See: tsé-ta'omanestsėstse; nėhpoéséó'o; -ta'omoése hang covering. Category: hang, house.

tsé-séoxėstse   na. carpet. Ques: recheck LH?? Category: check. Lit: where it is spread out Plural tsé-séoxėšenase. See: séohasēō'o carpet. Category: house.

tsé-ta'omanestsėstse   vai. Note: ppl curtain. Lit: that which blocks Plural tsé-ta'omanese. See: nėhpoéséó'o; tséohke-ta'omoésėstse vo'nȧhanéstóva; -ta'omané. Category: house.

tsévé'šetōno   vii. window screen. Lit: that by which there is cooling Category: house.

véhonemȧhēō'o   ni. chief's house. Category: house.

-véhpeome'tá   vii. vacant (of a dwelling). É-véhpeomē'ta. It is vacant. for example, of a house. Category: house.

-vénótse   ni. Gram: poss Gram: obl home.LOC, at home, at the camp. na-vénótse at (or in) my camp. ne-vénótse at your tent. he-vénótse at his home. na-vénótáne at our (excl.) home. See: -venȯtse; vee'e. Category: house.

-vóho'kȧsén   vti. turn s.t. (a light) on. É-vóho'kȧséna. He turned it (light) on. Vóho'kȧsénȯhtse! Turn the light on! Antonym -éno'tován, -hó'tován extinguish s.t./s.o.; Variant: -vó'ho'kȧsén. Usage: This form is used in more recent years, in contrast with -vó'ho'kȧséná. Category: house.

vóho'kȧsénȧhnestȯtse   ni. light (for example, electric light); lamp. Variant: vó'ho'kȧsénȧhnestȯtse, vó'ho'kȧsenestȯtse. See: sóhkomevó'ho'kȧsénȧhnestȯtse; hoóneanatóevó'ho'kȧsénȧhnestȯtse. Category: house.

-vó'ho'kȧsén   vti. turn s.t. (a light) on. É-vó'ho'kȧséna. He turned it (light) on. Vó'ho'kȧsénȯhtse! Turn the light on! Variant: -vóho'kȧsén; Antonym -éno'tován, -hó'továná. Category: house.

vó'ho'kȧsénȧhnestȯtse   ni. light (for example, electric light); lamp. Variant: vóho'kȧsénȧhnestȯtse. See: sóhkomevó'ho'kȧsénȧhnestȯtse; hoóneanatóevó'ho'kȧsénȧhnestȯtse. Category: house.